Advice on how to better delegate SCCM installation and roles between VMs

Hi guys!
So my company is finally deciding to go with SCCM 2012 and we're setting up our first environment. In the end when all is configured SCCM will be supporting 1000-1500 client computers - PCs and MACs. The scenario and plan is the following: They have bought
a Dell PowerEdge T320 Server. The idea is that I will set up a working virtual environment on this server and later this summer a new, more powerful server will be bought (Better CPU, more RAM etc) and I will import the existing virtual environment into the
new server. The T320 comes with 16GB of RAM, and Xeon E5-2430L 2.00Ghz processor. With this in mind, how would you guys recommend I delegate resources between VMs and how many VMs would you suggest I create or if one is enough.
I was wondering if I would need to create a separate VM for a SQL installation/delegate roles between VMs so they don't become overburdened, for example when users start working with reports and queries, etc. How much RAM would you delegate for the VM(s)
on T320 and then on the actual SCCM server?
I would really love to hear any advice and suggestions :)
Thank you so much!!
Steve

You won't accomplish much with those disks at all, you have to have a way faster disks (10K / 15K SAS) for optimal performance. So you could consider this first setup as a POC like t.rich said. If you're planning to move the VM to the production as it is,
you should very carefully consider the disk configuration you're building. I'd built the new server from scratch and add the ConfigMgr from backup, a bit cleaner way to do it. For the new hardware, you need fast disks and enough RAM.
Johan has an excelent post on disk configuration for ConfigMgr: http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Research/tabid/62/EntryId/115/Sizing-your-ConfigMgr-2012-R2-Primary-Site-Server.aspx

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